Lieut. Gilbert
Steingart
U.S.S. Ocelot, F.P.O.
San Francisco
Sunday, 17 June 1945,
10 PM.
Dearest Eleanor,
Just to
celebrate and today being Sunday I took the day off and didn't see any
patients. Instead I visited for awhile
with a couple of dentists who came over to our ship on business. Then when the mail came onboard I found I'd
hit the jackpot and spent the rest of the morning reading these precious
letters, ten of them, one from your mother and one from Marty and the rest from
my Sweet.
This
afternoon I finished "Saratoga Trunk," censored some mail and took it
easy. Showered at 5:00 PM and dressed for
dinner. Then we had our regular cribbage
game until movie time. Tonight's picture
was just fair. It was "Gentle
Annie" a story of the Oklahoma frontier at the beginning of this
century. We did have two good shorts,
one a color cartoon and the other a Wayne King musical short.
Now to your
letters. They were postmarked the 5th to
the 10th.
Even when we're at sea the letters are postmarked
the day the ship's post office receives them.
Understand? My school marm seems
to be kept quite busy. Oh well, only a
few more days and vacation will be here.
From the
program and your letters the dancing school show must have been excellent. Why shouldn't our daughters be stars?
No dear I
didn't ask you to wait for you fur coat until I was a civilian, only until I
got home. However if you do run into a
real good buy go ahead and get one. I
just thought I'd like to help you choose one.
That's all. I do expect to be
home by Xmas.
Talking about
pictures several have been taken of me and if we can find some time to develop
and print them soon I'll send them along.
You don't
sound too enthusiastic about Nina's visit.
I do hope it pans out okay and that you don't have to put yourself out
for her.
So Norma is
at the crying age. Sorry to hear that
she cries every time you go out. Linda
got over it so I guess she will too. I
do hope you aren't letting it upset you.
Yes the
papers are hinting at the possibility of an early victory over the Japs. Thought the same thing a long time ago (two
months ago). Check my letters and
see. The next three months will tell the
tale. Either it'll be all over or we'll
have a tough year of fighting ahead of us.
Never be
sorry for anything you didn't do or buy.
Bet our new home will be even nicer than the one you wish we'd bought.
Your letters
are precious dear and not "silly."
After all if you couldn't write your thoughts to me, who could you tell
them to?
There is no
reason why you shouldn't put some money in Postal Savings. There is some interest involved and it is
available on demand. Go ahead and do it.
OK let's set
the alarm for 2:00 AM. Though I bet we
won't need any alarm for awhile.
I'm glad that
Dr. Sands found you mother in better health than Leon thought she was in. Just the same, she should take it easy. Ruth
should hire some help to do her housework or maybe do it herself.
So the G's
want to know where Sol will go next. I
wish I knew, but it is a safe bet that before moving in on an operation his
ship will stop at our last anchorage or come to where we are now.
The barber
probably missed you because he's already in Florida which is his home. Cox's home is in Arizona but his wife is
planning to meet him in Long Beach and live there. He is regular Navy and his three kiddies mark
the three times he's been home in the past eight or nine years. That's no life for me.
There are
several General Hospitals in this area and I'll have to have an address before
I go off looking for someone. I'll
probably be here for awhile yet, so I'll hold on until I get something more
definite to go on.
No more for
now Sweetheart so I'll say goodnight with the hope that all your dreams do come
true and soon.
Loving you as always,
Gil
P.S. I owe
practically everyone a letter now, so I'll have to settle down to some serious writing
real soon. Bye now.
Gil
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